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July 08, 2009

Women More Racist than Men; Liberals as Racist as Ever

I always outrage feminists with this claim: Men are less racist than women. Proof: Men have more diversity in their dating lives than women. Really; it's true. How many of your proper white female friends have ever dated or have relations a black guy? How many of your male friends have been with a black chick? It's a fun question. Start asking.... and listening to rationalizations.

It really is fun to pull the, "Your life is a disparate impact claim waiting to happen!" card. If GE doesn't have enough favored minorities on its payroll, then GE has racist hiring practices. Yet in our own lives, our lack of friendship diversity is probative of nothing. Why?

Consider "Racial Preferences in Dating," a study of more than 400 graduate and professional students who participated in speed dating sessions at Columbia University organized by Raymond Fisman, Sheena S. Iyengar, Emir Kamenica and Itamar Simonson. The researchers conclude: "Even in a population of relatively progressive individuals who have self-selected into participation in a multi-cultural Speed Dating event, we observe strong racial preferences."

“Women of all races exhibit strong same race preferences, while men of
no race exhibit a statistically significant same race preference.”

These are Columbia students! The Columbia student body is "progressive." Of course, it just shows that liberals are as racist conservatives (allegedly) are.

None of this should surprise anyone here. It doesn't matter what a person's ideology is. Ideology is what we tell others and ourselves what we believe to make ourselves feel like we are good people. Observe actions, no ideology.

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Women More Racist than Men; Liberals as Racist as Ever

I always outrage feminists with this claim: Men are less racist than women. Proof: Men have more diversity in their dating lives than women. Really; it's true. How many of your proper white female friends have ever dated or have relations a black guy? How many of your male friends have been with a black chick? It's a fun question. Start asking.... and listening to rationalizations.

It really is fun to pull the, "Your life is a disparate impact claim waiting to happen!" card. If GE doesn't have enough favored minorities on its payroll, then GE has racist hiring practices. Yet in our own lives, our lack of friendship diversity is probative of nothing. Why?

Consider "Racial Preferences in Dating," a study of more than 400 graduate and professional students who participated in speed dating sessions at Columbia University organized by Raymond Fisman, Sheena S. Iyengar, Emir Kamenica and Itamar Simonson. The researchers conclude: "Even in a population of relatively progressive individuals who have self-selected into participation in a multi-cultural Speed Dating event, we observe strong racial preferences."

“Women of all races exhibit strong same race preferences, while men of
no race exhibit a statistically significant same race preference.”

These are Columbia students! The Columbia student body is "progressive." Of course, it just shows that liberals are as racist conservatives (allegedly) are.

None of this should surprise anyone here. It doesn't matter what a person's ideology is. Ideology is what we tell others and ourselves what we believe to make ourselves feel like we are good people. Observe actions, no ideology.